Solving limit with squareroot -- how can i simplify

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Homework Statement



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If I were to simply plug in 25 into the limit, i would get
((25)^(1/3) - 5)/25

Apparently the answer is 2/5. How the heck can you come to this conclusion?
 
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That would be the answer if that wasn't a cube root but a badly formatted ##3 \sqrt{t}##.
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
That would be the answer if that wasn't a cube root but a badly formatted ##3 \sqrt{t}##.
I think I'll proceed to slapping myself